Try doing some indoor shots with it. I don't know what the min focus distance is, or how big your rooms are but hey, I'm assuming you have a tripod, give it a go. Not kidding, you can take some good abstracts of everyday objects. I did this when I got my 135-400 for Christmas last year, it was grotty weather then too.
If nothing else, it will help pass the time until the weather clears. Moving all that furniture out of the way so you can put the tripod in the far corner of the room, therefore allowing you to take a close up picture of the cat in the opposite corner, will take a long time. It'll take even longer to get the cat in the right place. The days will fly by! It'll be spring before you've managed to get the picture you were thinking of. The weather will be so much better by then too.
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